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REFULGENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refulgent mean?
• REFULGENT (adjective)
The adjective REFULGENT has 1 sense:
1. radiating or as if radiating light
Familiarity information: REFULGENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Radiating or as if radiating light
Synonyms:
beaming; beamy; effulgent; radiant; refulgent
Context example:
a refulgent sunset
Similar:
bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)
Derivation:
refulgence; refulgency (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)
Context examples
While I walked under the dripping orange-trees of my wet garden, and amongst its drenched pomegranates and pine-apples, and while the refulgent dawn of the tropics kindled round me—I reasoned thus, Jane—and now listen; for it was true Wisdom that consoled me in that hour, and showed me the right path to follow.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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